One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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Every year your body replaces 98% of your atoms.
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An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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